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principles of organizational behavior
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Principles Of Organizational Behavior
How does reasonable accommodation make a more accessible workplace?
What role does leadership play to HR in organizations?
Once someone becomes an indentured worker why might they stay?
How does the stress process unfold in the workplace?
How do sleep, illness, and injury affect physical health at work?
How do maladaptive mental health conditions manifest as a consequence of stressors at work?
What are the four major stress and health theories, and how are they different?
How is work–life conflict different from work–life enrichment?
What do you think organizations can do to mitigate the micro-stressors that commonly affect employees?
Did you find it helpful to use this chart to identify micro-stressors that impact your day-to-day life? Why or why not?
Suppose Payton took advantage of Meda’s benefits. Do you believe this would result in feeling less stressed and improvements in well-being? Why or why not?
Across the world, nine out of ten organizations offer employees at least one type of wellness benefit. Do you believe that these benefits are what employees need to feel healthy and stay engaged at
What strategies or programs could Meda utilize to improve employee well-being?
During the exercise, did a clear leader emerge?
If a clear leader did emerge, what were the characteristics of the leader? What actions did the leader take to influence the rest of the group? Does this person match your understanding of how a
Were there any conflicts or differences in opinions that you encountered during the exercise? Explain. In the conflicts that did arise, were there any influence tactics or power bases referenced?
Do you agree that leaders can operate through more subtle means (e.g., influence), not just by “taking charge”? Can exercising power be subtle? Why or why not?
In what ways did Shonda leverage power and influence tactics to combat the toxic culture of workplace harassment at Imperium Omni? Were there any other tactics she could have used, and would they
In this case, there was a sexual harassment policy in place, Shonda was persistent in reporting these incidents, and she was even promoted. What allowed workplace harassment to continue without
How do you think the company should handle these reports of workplace harassment? What strategy would be most effective in preventing future instances of harassment from happening?
What are the social factors that influence negotiations?
How would you have handled the conflict between your two coworkers? Should you have tried to resolve the conflict or stayed out of it altogether?
At what point, if any, would you escalate the situation and bring it to your supervisor’s attention?
As a team member, do you believe you have a responsibility to act as a mediator to ensure the conflict does not impact the team’s success?
Do you think this is an issue worth generating conflict over? What are the potential costs and benefits of Matt and Peter having an open discussion of the issues?
Did you encounter any challenges as you tried to reach a consensus about what structures and systems needed to be in place to make remote work successful? Explain.
Are there any other systems and structures that you believe need to be in place before implementing a remote work policy? Explain.
Are there other strategies that organizations could employ to ensure that underrepresented employees and managers are not disproportionately affected by the layoffs?
Besides layoffs, what other options might the executives have tried to reduce costs?
What are the similarities and differences in creating positive, ethical, and innovative cultures?
How does change operate both within and outside organizations?
Was it difficult to come to consensus on various elements when crafting the culture? What sorts of disagreements arose, and how did you solve them?
Do you think this foundation will definitely lead to the culture you intended? Why or why not? What sorts of changes, roadblocks, or other events might you see changing the culture or making it drift
What types of specific socialization practices could you use so that new employees can best adapt to the organizational culture?
Do you agree with this approach to dismantling the toxic culture? Explain?
Are there any other steps you would have taken as CEO to cultivate a more positive and collaborative culture? Explain.
How can one prevent the development of a toxic culture such as the one described?
What are the types of interpersonal communication?
How does one choose between communication methods and handle barriers to effective communication?
What are the various forms of virtual communication used in modern organizations?
What are the issues surrounding smartphones, social media, and cybersecurity confronting modern organizations?
How can one engage in effective cross-cultural communication in organizations?
Compare and contrast the communication styles during the role-playing exercise. What was unique about them? How effective or ineffective was the communication of Blake and Ada in both simulations?
Can you think of any barriers that impacted communication effectiveness in this situation? How might one attempt to alter how they communicate to address or eliminate any of these barriers?
As an employee, would your response to Ada’s communication be any different if the way the information was communicated (e.g., the mode or media) changed?
Do you believe Kennedy’s actions will effectively communicate passion and commitment during the upcoming interview? Why or why not? Would your answer be different if Kennedy’s hobbies had nothing
Do you agree with Kennedy’s decision to do something different? Why or why not? What other actions could Kennedy take to communicate that he is passionate?
Do you agree that demonstrating passion is a good predictor of a great job candidate worthy of being considered during the hiring process? Why or why not? How important are passion and commitment
What are the positive leadership styles and relationships?
Each group selects one leader from popular culture or history to serve as an appropriate example for the group. The group discusses that person, identifying the defining characteristics or traits of
Draw five columns for each group and list the selected person and his/her characteristics for each group. For each column, ask the students whether they believe these traits or attributions would
In what ways do you believe providing special work arrangements or accommodations for employees impacts employee motivation? How does it help? How does it hurt?
Should the whole team have decided on the team member’s schedule accommodations collectively? Why or why not?
How else might the manager have handled the situation to prevent potential issues, including a negative impact on the team’s performance?
What would be the most effective option to increase employee motivation to stay and reduce the driver turnover rate? Why do you believe this option will be effective?
What other solutions could you see be effective at improving employee motivation and reducing the turnover rate? Why do you believe these solutions would be useful?
This chapter discusses the use of job redesign to reduce turnover. Do you think this is feasible in this case? Why or why not? If so, how should the job be redesigned?
How can cohesion support group effectiveness?
How did your group perform (B) perform relative to yourself (A)?
How did your group perform (B) perform relative to the best individual score in the group (D)?
What can groups do to make group decision making more effective?
What circumstances might cause a group to perform worse than its best individual?
If you were a member of this group, would you communicate to the supervisor that you do not approve of their language and behavior? Or would you stay silent? Explain?
In your opinion, what would have been the worst way to respond to this situation? What would have been the best way to respond to the situation? Explain.
Do you think the group should have fractured as it did? Why or why not?
How do expectancy theory, goal-setting theory, and self-efficacy theory operate during the motivation process?
When you were playing the employee’s role, how did the manager’s suggestions make you feel?
Do you believe the manager’s suggestions were effective? Why or why not?
From the employee’s perspective, do you think the manager could have done anything differently to improve your motivation?
What factors do you believe influenced your ability to develop creative solutions?
Did you face any obstacles when trying to develop creative solutions? If so, were you able to overcome these obstacles
Do you think everyone is capable of being creative, or do you think certain people are more predisposed to being creative in an organization? Explain.
Do you think the decision to cheat is a completely calculated decision? Or do people sometimes make split decisions to cheat? Why or why not?
If you were playing the role of the supervisor, how did you address the situation? What factors influenced how you handled the situation?
If you were playing the role of the employee, how did you respond during the conversation with your supervisor? Did you agree with how the supervisor handled the situation? Why or why not?
How should Amy respond, if at all, to the employee emails?
What systematic changes, if any, should Amy make to address the economic viability of Ohio Strong during this tumultuous period?
What systematic changes, if any, should Amy make to improve the job attitudes of the employees of Ohio Strong?
How can Ohio Strong earn the trust of its customers, employees, and the general public?
What are the key employability skills gained from studying OB?
Should the company proceed with plans to transition half of its employees to full-time remote work? Why or why not?
If the company transitions to remote work, do you believe the changes Reynolds outlines above will be effective? Why or why not?
Are the changes Guava is implementing going to impact the company negatively? What other changes should Guava make, if any?
Are there any other obstacles that Guava may encounter when transitioning employees to remote work? How could the company limit the number of obstacles?
What do you think would be the ideal decision in this situation and why? Does the ideal decision differ from what your coworker proposes?
What do you think will be the consequences of your coworker’s actions?
How does motivation and intention play a role, for both you and your coworker
Do you believe the accommodations offered by Tatum’s firm are effective in helping individuals balance work and family lives? Why or why not?
Are there any practices or policies that the organization could implement to allow for greater work–life balance?
Are there any actions Tatum could take to achieve both her professional goals and work–life balance?
A large computer manufacturer experienced declining revenues during FY21. After careful analysis, the executive team determined that global competitors were squeezing their market share by offering a
Rewrite this email to be more concise and to more clearly communicate the intended message. Title: Meeting Hi team, I hope you are all enjoying the wonderful weather we’ve been seeing this week.
Is goal setting ever a bad idea?
◆ Why do you think many high-tech companies such as Facebook, Google, and Samsung rely more heavily on GMA – i.e. raw intelligence (per Mark Zuckerberg) and capability or general cognitive
Consider the different strategies pursued by four food trucks located in a college community. The first food truck decides to compete on providing superior customer service through friendly, cordial,
A large national retail organization specializing in upscale, trend-forward merchandise that appeals to a younger clientele is experiencing considerable difficulty managing its employees. Morale is
This exercise pertains to your personal experience in the workplace or in school settings. Think about someone (coworker, boss, direct report, and teammate) you interacted with frequently who was low
Please watch the following video(s): a. Who are you, really?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYvXk_bqlBkNow form small groups to discuss the video(s) and answer the following questions: 1. What
Consider the different strategies pursued by four food trucks located in a college community. The first food truck decides to compete on providing superior customer service through friendly, cordial,
What is conscientiousness?
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